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Sugar Land Regional Airport and Lone Star Executive both are affected by the agency's decision, which was announced Friday, a month after it released a preliminary list of facilities that could be closed.
The closures will not force the shutdown of any of those airports, but pilots will be left to coordinate takeoffs and landings among themselves over a shared radio frequency with no help from ground controllers under procedures that all pilots are trained to carry out.
The plan has raised concerns since a preliminary list of facilities was released a month ago. Those worries include the impact on safety and the potential financial effect on communities that rely on airports as key economic engines for attracting businesses and tourists.
"We will work with the airports and the operators to ensure the procedures are in place to maintain the high level of non-towered airports," FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a statement.
But Sugar Land city leaders are not only worried about the impact on safety, but the economic fallout. Sugar Land has grown to more than 80,000 people, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies use the airport, where clearing customs can go more quickly.
"Closing that tower is a really bad option," Sugar Land Spokesperson Doug Adolph told Eyewitness News earlier this month. "This airport is not a highway to nowhere. It's not somebody's special port project. It's an important part of the economy."
The city is weighing their options from operating without the air traffic controllers, to funding the contract themselves if the FAA would even allow it.
The FAA is being forced to trim $637 million for the rest of the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. The agency said it had no choice but to subject most of its 47,000 employees, including tower controllers, to periodic furloughs and to close air traffic facilities at small airports with lighter traffic. The changes are part of the across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration, which went into effect March 1.
All of the airports targeted for tower shutdowns have fewer than 150,000 total flight operations per year. Of those, fewer than 10,000 are commercial flights by passenger airlines.
Airport directors, pilots and others in the aviation sector have argued that stripping away an extra layer of safety during the most critical stages of flight will elevate risks and at the very least slow years of progress in making the U.S. aviation network the safest in the world.
Airlines have yet to say whether they will continue offering service to airports that lose tower staff. Any scaling back of passenger service could have major economic impact for communities.
Mark Hanna, director of the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Ill., says without ground controllers as backup the risk to operate "goes up exponentially," especially at airports like his, which have such a broad mix of aircraft types: everything from privately operated Piper Cubs to the larger passenger planes of United and American airlines.
That an aviation sector as sensitive as air traffic control could become subject to political brinkmanship in Washington was especially frustrating, he said.
Hoping to escape the final cut, he and other airport directors were left to argue with the FAA about whether the closure of their facilities would adversely affect what the agency described in a letter as the "national interest."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Climate-related variations in marine/coastal environments are now recognized
as playing an important role in determining the productivity of several North
American fisheries. For example, large changes in species abundance and ecosystem
dynamics off the coast of California have been associated with changes in sea-surface
temperatures (SSTs), nutrient supply, and circulation dynamics (Ebbesmeyer et al., 1991; Roemmich and McGowan, 1995; Bakun, 1996). Similar relationships have
been observed in the Bering Sea, the northeastern Pacific, and the Gulf of Alaska
(Polovina et al., 1995; Ware, 1995; Shuntov et al., 1996; Beamish et al., 1997;
Downton and Miller, 1998; Francis et al., 1998; Beamish et al., 1999a, 2000)
and in the North Atlantic (Atkinson et al., 1997; Sinclair et al., 1997; Hofmann
and Powell, 1998). In the Gulf of Mexico, variations in freshwater discharge
affect harvests of some commercially important species (Hofmann and Powell,
1998). Projected climate changes have the potential to affect coastal and marine
ecosystems through changes in coastal habitats, upwelling, temperature, salinity,
and current regimes. Such changes may affect the abundance and spatial distribution
of species that are important to commercial and recreational fisheries (Boesch
et al., 2000).
Fishery management involves the difficult task of maintaining viable fish populations
in the presence of difficult-to-predict shifts in resource availability, while
regulating competition among harvesters for access to publicly managed, common-property
fishery resources (McKay, 1995; Fujita et al., 1998; Myers and Mertz, 1998;
Roughgarden, 1998). Attainment of management objectives may be confounded by
the fact that some fish stocks tend to fluctuate widely from year to year. These
fluctuations may arise from natural causes that are unrelated to fishing pressure
or be exacerbated by harvesting. The exact cause of a sudden shift in abundance
often is poorly understood. Climate variations often play a role in natural
fluctuations, although their role may be complex and indirect. For example,
a climatic variation may affect phytoplankton and zooplankton abundance in some
part of the ocean, with cascading effects through a chain of predator-prey relationships
(Bakun, 1996). These processes may result in multiple and lagged impacts on
the abundance of a harvested species. Because it is difficult to identify and
predict such effects, climate variability constitutes a significant source of
uncertainty for fishery managers.
The potential impacts of climate change on fish populations are equally difficult
to predict. Some work has focused on the direct impacts of warmer temperatures
on marine species (e.g., Wood and McDonald, 1997; Welch et al., 1998a,b). However,
Bakun (1996) notes that climate variables that are important on land (e.g.,
temperature and precipitation) may be relatively unimportant for organisms that
live in the ocean. He identifies three basic processes (enrichment, concentration,
and transport /retention) that influence the productivity and spatial distribution
of marine fish populations but notes that very little is known regarding how
these will change with global climate change.
Efforts to assess the impacts of climate change on the U.S. fishery sector
are severely hampered by our current lack of understanding of possible changes
in fish populations. Markowski et al. (1999) performed a sensitivity analysis
that examined the potential economic impacts of hypothetical changes in the
abundance of selected fish populations, but the analysis is too hypothetical
for use here.
Uncertainty regarding the magnitude and sources of variations in fish stocks
also creates political stumbling blocks to effective fisheries management. Within
single jurisdictions, competing harvesters and gear groups vie for shares of
a "pie" whose dimensions are imperfectly known. In the case of international
fisheries, cooperative harvesting agreements often have degenerated into mutually
destructive fish wars when expectations have been upset by unforeseen changes
in abundance or the spatial pattern of availability (McKelvey, 1997). For example,
the Pacific Salmon Treaty foundered for several years because declining runs
of southern coho and chinook salmon and increasing salmon abundance in Alaskan
waters frustrated efforts to achieve a mutually acceptable balance of U.S. and
Canadian interceptions of one another's salmon stocks (Munro et al., 1998;
Miller, 2000a).
Accounts of the collapse of cod stocks off Newfoundland on Canada's east
coast have cited the inability of governments to effectively control fishing
pressure and a natural shift to less favorable environmental conditions (Hutchings
and Myers, 1994; Sinclair et al., 1997; Hofmann and Powell, 1998). This case
suggests that sustainable fisheries management will require timely and accurate
scientific information on the environmental conditions that affect fish stocks
and institutional flexibility to respond quickly to such information.
The western U.S.-Mexican border region is located between subtropical and mid-latitude
ocean regions. Variations in temperature in this transition zone result in major
fluctuations in fisheries productivity (Lluch et al., 1991). In recent decades,
this region of the Pacific has shown a trend toward warming and changes in regional
productivity, independent of overexploitation. In a global warming scenario,
the sardine population may decrease along the U.S.-Mexican Pacific Ocean border
region, whereas the shrimp population may increase. Interdecadal natural climate
variability, however, appears to be the most important sardine population modulator
(Lluch-Cota et al., 1997).
Available evidence suggests that there are likely to be impacts on fisheries
arising, for example, from changes in current dynamics, temperature-dependent
distribution, and food web dynamics. These impacts will be variable across species
and locations and are difficult to forecast with any precision. Because the
effects of exploitation and environmental change can be synergistic, it will
be increasingly important to consider changing environmental conditions in future
fisheries management (Boesch et al., 2000; see Chapter
6 for further discussion).
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- IMX retains 100% rights over iron ore and 49% rights over non-iron ore minerals in JV- Cairn Hill cash flow to support IMX's 2013 operations and exploration program- OZ Minerals to retain substantial shareholding in IMX Resources and retains a 51% interest in non-iron rights
- IMX retains 100% rights over iron ore and 49% rights over non-iron ore minerals in JV
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- OZ Minerals to retain substantial shareholding in IMX Resources and retains a 51% interest in non-iron rights
PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 17, 2013) - IMX Resources Limited (ASX:IXR)(TSX:IXR)(TSX:IXR.WT) ('IMX' or the 'Company') announces that it will not proceed with the sale of its 49% interest in the Mt Woods Copper-Gold Joint Venture (the 'Mt Woods JV Project') to OZ Exploration Limited Pty Ltd ('Oz Exploration'), a wholly owned subsidiary of OZ Minerals Limited ('OZ Minerals').
In November 2012, IMX entered into a non-binding heads of agreement with OZ Minerals outlining the terms for the proposed sale of its 49% interest in the Mt Woods JV Project to OZ Exploration (the 'Proposed Transaction'). Completion of the Proposed Transaction was subject to a number of conditions, one of which was the execution of binding transaction documents, which OZL and IMX have elected not to proceed with.
As a consequence, IMX retains 100% of the iron ore rights and 49% of the non-iron ore rights over the Mt Woods JV Project, along with legal title to all of the Mt Woods JV Project exploration licenses. Under the terms of the joint venture agreement over the Mt Woods JV Project, OZ Exploration has committed to spend $20 million over a 5 year period beginning on 1 May 2010 to retain a 51% interest in the non-iron rights. As at 30 September 2012, OZ Exploration had spent approximately $14 million of the $20 million.
IMX Managing Director Neil Meadows commented:
"While disappointed not to have completed the Proposed Transaction with OZ Minerals, we recognize the complexity involved in shared-commodity agreements and respect OZ Minerals' position, as they do ours. IMX remains committed to generating value from the development of the Mt Woods Magnetite Project for which we are actively seeking a partner and as such needed to maintain clear tenure over the iron rights. At the same time, the substantial reduction in operating costs at Cairn Hill during 2012 and improved iron ore prices resulting in the Cairn Hill JV generating cash of $4.2 m per month has reduced our immediate need for additional funding via the proposed transaction with OZ Minerals. IMX and OZ Minerals remain committed joint venture partners in the Mt Woods Copper-Gold JV and OZ Minerals remains a major shareholder in IMX."
OZ Minerals had agreed that upon completion of the Proposed Transaction and subject to the approval of IMX shareholders, it would cancel its holding of 33.909 million IMX shares (the 'OZ Minerals Shares') for nil consideration. Notwithstanding that the Proposed Transaction has not been completed, OZ Minerals has informed IMX that it is their current intention to retain the shareholding in IMX for the life of the joint venture.
NEIL MEADOWS, Managing Director
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IMX Resources Limited is an Australian based mining and base and precious metals exploration company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange ('ASX') and Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX'), with exploration projects located in Australia, Africa and North America.
In Africa, IMX owns and operates the highly prospective Nachingwea Exploration Project in south-east Tanzania, which includes the potentially world-class Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide project. Nachingwea is highly prospective for nickel and copper sulphide, gold and graphite mineralisation. The Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project is one of the world's best un-developed nickel sulphide projects and has the potential to produce a very clean, high quality premium nickel concentrate.
In Australia, IMX operates and owns 51% of the Cairn Hill Mining Operation, located 55 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia, where it produces a premium coarse-grained magnetite-copper-gold DSO product at a rate of 1.8Mtpa.
IMX is actively developing the Mt Woods Magnetite Project on the highly prospective Mt Woods Inlier in South Australia. IMX currently has a JORC Inferred Resource of 569Mt @ 27% Fe at the Snaefell Magnetite Deposit and a Global Exploration Target of between 200-380Mt @ 25-35% Fe elsewhere in the project. Studies indicate that coarse grained concentrates that could be produced at Snaefell have the potential to produce a direct sinter feed product which has the potential to attract a significant price premium.
IMX has a joint venture with OZ Minerals (the Mt Woods Copper-Gold Joint Venture Project) to explore the Mt Woods tenements for copper and gold. OZ Minerals is spending a minimum of $20M for a 51% interest in the non-iron rights, with IMX retaining a 49% interest in the non-iron rights and 100% of the iron ore rights.
IMX owns 25.65% of Uranex (ASX:UNX), a dedicated uranium exploration company, which is developing the Mkuju Uranium project in southern Tanzania.
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I was at a fine dining restaurant/bar recently where there was a gentleman who was visibly intoxicated sitting at the table next to me. As he was getting ready to leave, I asked our server if she or the bartender would like to make sure the man was OK to drive. She replied that she thought he was a grown man and could make his own choices. I told her that although that may be true, it is her responsibility as a server of alcohol to make sure that he does not drive drunk. She argued with me that it was not.
This scenario is probably all too common in La Plata County, and it is a shame. We pride ourselves on community, but do not have policies or laws within drinking establishments that support it in situations where someones life may be on the line.
In Oregon, alcohol permits need to be obtained through the Oregon Liquor Control Commission by all people who serve alcohol in drinking establishments in order to ensure that the server and restaurant has received the proper education regarding public safety and social responsibility.
I am not writing as a prohibitionist, but as a concerned community member. It is simply time for our community to step up and take a more responsible approach to how we serve and consume alcoholic beverages.
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The politically well-connected California billionaires who built POM Wonderful into a pomegranate juice powerhouse have lost their latest challenge to federal regulators, but the fight isn't over yet.
In another turn to a long-running dispute over health claims and aggressive salesmanship, a Washington-based federal judge dismissed POM Wonderful's assertions that the Federal Trade Commission went too far in restraining advertising. In quietly dismissing the case Sunday, U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts suggested the Los Angeles-based fruit juice company was simply trying to beat regulators to the punch.
"POM's conduct leaves the disfavored appearance that POM hastily filed the instant case, in part, to secure tactical advantage," Roberts said.
POM sued two years ago after the trade commission went after other companies for allegedly deceptive health claims. It argued that the regulators were encroaching on free-speech rights and the Food and Drug Administration's authority, and that other companies like itself were at risk.
Two weeks later, the trade commission filed its complaint against POM. It contended that company officials filed their lawsuit challenging the FTC's authority because they knew regulators were about to crack down.
At issues were ads for POM that made claims like: "SUPER HEALTH POWERS! Backed by $25 million in medical research. Proven to fight for cardiovascular, prostate and erectile health."
The larger dispute, though, lives on, as POM Wonderful is still trying to convince the trade commission to reverse course and accept the company's advertising.
Through their company, Roll Global, Beverly Hills residents Stewart and Lynda Resnick have become major agribusiness players in California's San Joaquin Valley, as well as major contributors to political candidates. Their holdings include Paramount Citrus, which describes itself as the "largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus" in the United States, and Paramount Farms, which says it "grows, processes and packages more pistachios than any company in the world."
Forbes magazine estimated the Resnicks' net worth at $2.2 billion.
Using health research, canny marketing and pomegranates grown in the San Joaquin Valley, the Resnicks made POM Wonderful famous, as well. In a 345-page decision in May, an administrative law judge acknowledged the existence of pomegranate-related health studies but upheld most of the trade commission's complaints about the juice maker's claims.
"There was insufficient competent and reliable scientific evidence to support the implied claims in some of the challenged advertisements . . . that the POM products treat, prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer or erectile dysfunction, or were clinically proven to do so," Judge D. Michael Chappell wrote.
Citing its "First Amendment rights to communicate the promising results of our extensive scientific research program on pomegranates," company officials are challenging the trade commission. A formal appeal of Chappell's May decision led to a flurry of written briefs and 90-minute oral arguments on Aug. 23 before the entire five-member commission. No ruling has yet been issued.
"POM Products deliver health benefits to consumers," Washington-based attorney Edward Lazarus wrote in an appeal brief for the company. "It makes no sense to prohibit or chill an advertiser from telling them so."
Judge Roberts' 11-page decision concluded that POM Wonderful must first finish with the full trade commission proceedings before further legal action can proceed.
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The Year in Review: Mammoth Lakes 2012- A Tale of Two Cities
Back from the abyss
If ever there was a year more topsy-turvy, nobody in Mammoth can remember it.
From the blackness of the first six months (bankruptcy, record-bad snow season, mass layoffs at the ski area, etc.), Mammoth emerged at the end on a very bright note.
It was almost like falling in love all over again.
There was no discernible hinge to it; it just happened, sometime around when the solid fishing season started. At that point, from the start of the festival summer season and a lovely golden-burnished autumn, to the snow-infused holidays, still ongoing, Mammoth somehow regained its luster.
Life in Mammoth, never boring, had just about everything to satisfy a palate, even those of the disenchanted.
The Year in Review
Mono County schools escape cuts- twice- in 2012
2012 Crime: One case dominated
The fishing season hooked us in 2012
Sports took center stage in 2012
Mammoth loses Skip Harvey in 2012
The 2012 Festival Season was 'The Best'
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HOUSTON --Emergency responders have suspended their search for a missing man whose kayak was found capsized at a Houston-area retention pond.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office on Sunday night announced the search for 32-year-old Ryan Smith has been called off pending additional information on him. Further details weren't immediately released.
Smith's kayak was discovered Saturday afternoon on the shore of the pond where he's been known to go fishing. His pickup truck and cellphone were located nearby.
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Samsung has outlined its plans as Official Wireless Telecommunications Partner of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and one of the big announcements is that it will be releasing a special edition smartphone in the UK.
Speaking at the company's Olympic campaign press conference, with Pocket-lint (and David Beckham) in attendance, David Song, managing director of Samsung UK and Ireland, said that the company will be grasping the opportunity to help the Games be the most technologically advanced yet: "We are very privileged to present our technology to the UK market. Visitors will be able to enjoy and participate with the Games through our wireless mobile communications technology," he said.
But, more interestingly, he also revealed that there will be a special Olympic Games handset launched in the UK, in time for the sporting festival, and that it would be of high enough spec to stream live video from the different events: "We are going to launch a smartphone that all the UK citizens can enjoy," he teased. "Even if they are not in the stadiums, they will be able to see [the events] their devices."
However, Gyehyun Kwon, vice president and head of Worldwide Sports Marketing, said that the wireless infrastructure to ensure that such a device would stream seamlessly is still a work in progress: "We are talking with local and overseas [networks].
"This is not one of the easiest things," he added. "We need a lot of collaborations because we are hardware providers. We need to get the carriers and the software companies all together."
However, he does believe that it will all come together in time: "We are working to make this Olympic Games as 'Smart' as possible. We will be trying to push all of the information as speedily as possible."
Certainly, the rewards of a successful Games, with working wireless communications technology, could be of huge benefit to Samsung: "After this Olympic Games, we want to be recognised by British people as one of the most loved brands," said Kwon.


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As somebody who gets annoyed at how disposable head coaches are to NHL teams, I respect the Buffalo Sabres for giving Lindy Ruff over a decade and a half to run their team.
That being said, Ruff's firing this week was actually a few years overdue.
In his 16th season with the club, Ruff was given his walking papers on Wednesday, ending a successful partnership that produced a Stanley Cup Finals appearance and four trips to the Eastern Conference finals. However, the club's most recent sojourn to the conference championship was in the spring of 2007 and Buffalo has missed the postseason in three of the last five seasons.
So, it was obvious Ruff had something to prove this season to the front office, including owner Terry Pegula, who upon taking over the franchise in 2011 said, "Starting today, the Buffalo Sabres' reason for existence will be to win a Stanley Cup."
Buffalo's recent history since making back-to-back conference finals in 2006 and '07, makes Pegula's dream of leading the Sabres to their first Cup seem far-fetched at the moment. The Sabres have bowed out in the first round in both of its postseason appearances over the last five seasons and the club is currently sitting 14th out of 15 teams in the East standings.
It's not fair to blame Ruff for all of the Sabres' struggles over the last several years, but at a certain point somebody has to absorb the blame or else it'll look like the team tolerates losing. Even in a hockey-crazed town like Buffalo, it's important for an owner -- especially a new one -- to prove to his fan base that winning is at the top of his to-do list. Firing a popular coach like Ruff sends that message, even if it was a tough call to let go of him in the middle of a season.
"The hockey world knows how I and the entire Buffalo Sabres organization feel about Lindy Ruff not only as a coach but also as a person," Pegula said upon announcing Ruff's dismissal. "His qualities have made this decision very difficult. I personally want Lindy to know that he can consider me a friend always."
Of course, Ruff isn't going to be out of work for too long. On Friday, while addressing the Buffalo media, Ruff responded to a question about whether he plans to return to coaching by saying, "I miss it already." The only question is whether his next chance to lead a team comes this season or sometime before the 2013-14 campaign, but the only way Ruff will stay out of work longer than that is if he personally chooses to take time off.
Ruff also made a plea to Sabres fans to not turn on Pegula for firing him, which is the kind of classy thing Buffalonians come to expect from the longtime coach.
"We'll get it right here," Ruff said. "You've got to trust him (Pegula) because he's a competitor.
Whether or not they actually take him up on that advice is another matter altogether.
With Ruff out, general manager Darcy Regier has to be feeling the heat. Regier, who ascended to his post along with Ruff back in 1997, is the longest- tenured GM in club history and was given an unspecified contract extension before the start of this season, but it's hard to believe he'll be around to see the end of it.
Regier's contract extension likely hastened Ruff's demise. After all, it wouldn't reflect well on Pegula if he handed his GM an extension in January only to hand him a pink slip a month later.
In the end, it was Ruff who had to pay for Buffalo's slow start, but it would be unwise for Regier to breathe a sigh of relief. As a billionaire natural gas tycoon, Pegula can afford to lose money on Regier and it's unlikely he'll think twice about giving him the axe should the Sabres' downward spiral continue much longer. In fact, if things get much worse this season, Regier might not be around long enough to pick a permanent head coach to follow interim bench boss Ron Rolston.
Pegula has said in the past that he doesn't consider the Sabres to be a business venture, once remarking, "If I want to make some money, I'll go drill a gas well."
Of all people, Pegula should know when a well has run dry. He realized it was time to say goodbye to Ruff and you better believe he's already sizing up Regier's prospects.


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Based on the highly successful FLEXITY platform with a strong reputation for performance and reliability, the FLEXITY 2 tram combines proven features and innovation in a single vehicle. It sets the highest standards in the areas of comfort, safety and environmental protection.
Blackpool's FLEXITY 2 trams are 32.2 m long and 2.65 m wide, with five sections and three bogies. The vehicle is capable of carrying about 74 seated passengers, with additional wheelchair and pushchair space plus standing room.
Their technical advantages include an improved carbody concept, with better corrosion protection and an enhanced bogie design, the FLEXX Urban 3000. The overall vehicle mass is reduced and the MITRAC propulsion technology will result in significantly lower energy consumption
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Here's the latest from the 2013 Resort shows, plus check out previous recaps here, here, here, here, and here.
J. Mendel
While Gilles Mendel's 2013 Resort collection was as breathtaking as any he's done for J. Mendel, this season, alongside the designer's signature draped, floor-sweeping gowns and lush furs, were a number of surprising silhouettes — namely tight-fitting minis and slim cut trousers. Given that they were treated to the same intricate construction as the gowns, you can expect nothing but sheer sophistication no matter what silhouette the designer takes on.
Louis Vuitton
It may not have been the best collection we've seen from Louis Vuitton — or even close to that — but there were some individual pieces to love among the layered looks shown. Among the standouts were 70s-style pants (though they arguably could have used some hemming), cropped-at-the-knee shorts, and dainty visors.
Christian Dior
It may not have been the most memorable collection, but this season's Christian Dior lineup — the last under the direction of Bill Gaytten — was nothing if not a lesson in refined ladylike sophistication. While it would be hard to say "no" to any of the peplum tops or pleated gowns, here's to hoping Raf Simons brings back some of the Galliano-era drama.
Alexander Wang
Crop tops and leather aren't going anywhere if Alexander Wang has anything to say about it. Sticking to his usual neutral color palette the designer worked those elements in his uniquely sporty-chic style, which this season also brought along cutouts and chunky heels for some understated edge.
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Hamilton Library gallery featuring exciting exhibits this semesterUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Teri L. Skillman-Kashyap, (808) 956-8688
Events & Communications Coordinator, Library Services
Events & Communications Coordinator, Library Services
Posted: Feb 27, 2012
UH Mānoa's Hamilton Library gallery spaces are filled with exciting exhibits this semester and all of them are free and open to the public during building hours.
Ka Leo ~ 9d
Hamilton Bridge Gallery
The University of Hawai`i at Mānoa student newspaper celebrates its 90th anniversary with a multi-media exhibit at Hamilton Library's bridge gallery that depicts highlights from the past ninety years.
Curated by UH Mānoa graduates (Erica Lenentine, BA-Art, 2011, and Chad Kikuchi, BA-Art, 2010), "Ka Leo 9d" asks viewers to tweet their responses to six questions scattered through the show and inspired by the content. "When should student journalists put limits on their free press rights?" was prompted by comics and satire that outraged some in the UH community who thought Ka Leo's cartoonists and writers had gone too far. Some of those cartoons are on display and shielded by an opaque American flag with the First Amendment stenciled upon the white stripes. By opening the flag, people can answer the question.
Ka Leo has had 104 editors in its 90 years and many of those have gone onto careers for national and local newspapers and magazines and television stations. Front pages from the decades are displayed, along with touch-screen access to the website, kaleo.org, which provides a link to an exhibit slide show.
Throughout Ka Leo's ninety years, students have made all content decisions. Curators Lenetine and Kikuchi wanted to engage people in a discussion about those decisions. Cartoons from the past were blown up and printed on vinyl stickers applied to the floor. Ka Leo staffer and Academy for Creative Media student Shinichi Toyama produced a 10-minute documentary about the production of the newspaper's "Nightlife Guide." The repeating video includes interviews with editor Will Caron and other staffers, who explain the process for producing the special issue.
Other exhibit sections include: Opinions, Sports, Hawaiʻi News and World, Advertising, Campus Controversy that looks at crime, Proceed with Caution (that depicts swimsuit issues from the past), and the Right to Be, which shares one of the most controversial issues covered by the paper. In 1990, Joey Carter, a Caucasian student, wrote a commentary for the paper in which he objected to being called haole. UH Professor Haunani-Kay Trask wrote a response that generated a year-long struggle over free speech and Native Hawaiian rights. Many of those stories will be available as PDFs in February when the exhibit provides a QR code that will guide smart phones to a URL where the PDFs will be loaded.
Common People, Common Places
Hamilton Elevator Gallery
Photographs by Maseeh Ganjali
There are people in this world who might never be photographed, people you may never see, nor hear of. Nevertheless they, like you, have special lives and riveting stories. These photographs are of everyday people, people who are more like you than you might think. They cry, laugh, dream, and feel the same emotions as you do. They are special too and deserve fair representation. The goal of this exhibit is to provide a perspective into a different place; a perspective that is rarely available and accessible here. The exhibit provides glimpses of a people who are often misrepresented and misunderstood. This exhibition is not the final goal, but only one step in a long journey for creating communication and understanding between people who have been separated by political and cultural differences.
Hawai'i Ku Like Kākou: A Community Mural Project
Hamilton CLIC Lab Gallery
This 10 ft. by 64 ft. mural began on Monday, October 3, 2011, with a simple gathering and prayers requesting insight and guidance from our ancestors. Five kumu, six alaka'i and seventeen haumana (ages 12-19) faced eight large panes waiting to receive "new old wisdoms" from our indigenous collective.
The weeks prior to painting the mural, the kumu had been preparing through individual and group work to represent indigenous economies and communities through native Hawaiian symbols and metaphor. Layers and layers of ketches, color, metaphor, images and stories were added to the mural, offering insights into a Hawaiian view of ways to be "in exchange" with the gods, nature and each other.
More than twelve hundred hours were spent on the mural over seven days. By Wednesday, October 12, the mural, a gift from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to the Hawai'i Tourism Authority, was installed at the Hawai'i Convention Center as the first piece of Native Hawaiian art on display in this public space.
Through metaphor and symbolism the Hawai'i Kakou community mural invites conversation about re-learning how to work together through trust, relationships and common purpose. New Old Wisdom (NOW) asks us to work together at our deepest, most selfless level, to be mindful of generations yet to come, as those generations before us considered our needs.
Artists: Kahi Ching, Solomon Enos, Al Lagunero, Meleana Meyer (Po'o), Harinani Orme
Samoan Siapo
Sci-Tech Commons
In 2009 Hamilton Library received a donation of an original Samoan Siapo created by Mary Pritchard from Joan Griffis of Oregon. Siapo, often referred to as tapa, is a traditional mulberry bark cloth from Samoa. Siapo has formal and functional uses from ceremonial gifts to bed covers. Though there are minor differences in the way each Pacific Island culture produces tapa, the general process is much the same: mulberry tree bark is stripped from branches, made into a large cloth, then decorated with traditional patterns using natural dyes. The symbols which are most commonly used in Samoan siapo are stylized representations of nature and everyday objects. Each of these elements are arranged in any and all combinations, making each siapo as unique as the artist.
The siapo now resides in the Science & Technology Commons Area of Hamilton Library. This year the Le Fetuao Samoan Language School of Honolulu donated a display explaining siapo, which now stands next to Mary Pritchard's original. The display was made under the direction of Sauileoge "Sau" Ueligitone, a native of Tau, Manu'a, American Samoa and a friend of Mary Pritchard. He worked closely with her in the American Samoa Arts Council's Cultural Preservation Programs. He is dedicated to perpetuating her work with younger generations, especially those who live outside of Samoa. In this effort, Sau volunteers at the Le Fetuao Samoan Language School and teaches both children and adults the art of siapo making.
At the age of 8, Sau described himself as an artist and has dedicated his life to the Arts since. He holds a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts, with an emphasis on Graphic Design and Illustration. Samoan culture, history, legends, and physical environment are central features of Sau's art. Tapa (siapo) and tattoo motifs are featured in most of his recent work. The basic designs depict the Samoan way of life and include: fishing, farming, and dwellings. Some motifs show things that endanger life, i.e. centipedes and spearheads.
Sau has worked as an art instructor in American Samoa's public and private schools. He served as American Samoa Artist-in-Residence, Coordinator of Folk Arts for the American Samoa Museum and as Arts Council Member. Sau conducted art workshops for University of the South Pacific Extension campus in the Cook Islands and, multiple projects for the South Pacific Commission, a 27-nation regional organization, based in New Caledonia.
Upcoming Summer Exhibits include: Hawaiian Ferns, Just Paddle! and Indian Comics ~ Legends in Print
For information on Hamilton Gallery and Library events, contact Teri Skillman at 956-8688 or email@example.com.
For more information, visit: http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/about/hours.html


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UM hoops Vs West Virginia 8PM Saturday Barclay's Center, Brooklyn ESPN
UM hoops Vs West Virginia 8PM Saturday Barclay's Center, Brooklyn ESPN
Gale Catlett coached the West Virginia Mountaineers from 1978-2002.
That's 24 years. In that time, the Mountaineers moved from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference to the Atlantic 10 to the Big East. Catlett was able to reach the NCAA tournament 8 times. When West Virginia moved to the Big East, things got toucg for Catlett. He managed to reach the NCAA tournament just once in his seven Big East years, finishing his 2001-2002 campaign at 1-15 in conference. The game had passed him by, the program had gotten out of control, and it was time to move on.
In one of the more bizarre transactions in the history of college basketball, this led to the hiring of Bowling Green's coach Dan Dakich, and his resignation 8 days later under the pre-existing threat of West Virginia NCAA sanctions(click http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/sports/basketball/basketball-star-jonathan-hargetts-story-is-a-cautionary-tale.html?_r=1&ref=sports if you must, but college basketball was the "Wild Wild West" back then.) And if you look at Michigan's program in the 90's we've got no room to talk.
Long story short, a laundry list of coaches turned the job down after that(including Bob Huggins) until John Beilein took on the challenge. He was tasked with rebuilding the program as well as the culture from the ground up. That is exactly what he did, taking West Virginia to the Elite Eight, the Sweet 16, and winning an NIT Championship in his 5 years as West Virginia's coach.
When Beilein was hired at Michigan, the West Virginia job was finally good enough for Bob Huggins. The rest is history.
On Saturday Michigan joins the West Virginia mountaineers, heading off to Brooklyn New York to help break in the Nets new digs
The mountaineers enter Saturday's game at a disappointing 4-4 on the heels of a painful loss to Duquesne in which not a soul could hit the broad side of a barn for West Virginia(33% from the field for the game). That has been the general theme of all their losses, as they shot 36% against Oklahoma, 40% against Davidson(whom they beat up pretty good on the boards too…Davidson just had a really good shooting night), and 27% against Gonzaga who absolutely throttled them in their first game 84-50. West Virginia averages something like 43% from the floor in their wins.
The West Virginia Mountaineers typically enjoy very balanced scoring and distribution from their starters(2 upperclassman big men and a bunch of smallish underclassman guards) as well as their bench.
Speedy 6-1 sophomore point guard Juwan Staten
is their nominal leading scorer/distributor at 11 points and 2 assists per game. He spent his freshman year at Dayton where he led the Atlantic 10 in assists. I obviously don't expect he will keep up with Trey on the offensive end, but he is a pesky enough defender to slow Trey down a bit at the other end. He shoots 40% while contributing 3 boards, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. Like I said, balanced.
Straight out of the streets of Istanbul, 6-9 big body senior forward Deniz Kilicli
adds 10 points, 6 boards and 3 turnovers shooting 41% from the field.
6-10 junior center Aaric Murray
is their most efficient scorer, shooting 53% from the field, 50% from downtown(1 attempt/game) for 9 points, 7 boards and 2 blocks/game. He's pretty agile for his height, which he uses to his advantage finishing on the move and swatting balls in the lane. He transferred from La Salle, whom he led in pretty much every statistical category.
5-11 sophomore slasher/creator guard Jabarie Hinds
shoots 35% from the field and 27% from downtown(3 attempts/game) for 7 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.
6-3 three star freshman shooting guard Terry Henderson
shoots 33% from the field and 26% from downtown bringing in 6 points and 4 boards for the mountaineers. Henderson splits starts with Gary Browne.
Baby faced 6-1 sophomore point guard Gary Browne
shoots 32% from the field and 26% from downtown for 9 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists.
6-2 freshman guard/energy man Eron Harris
plays only 10 minutes, but dumps in 5 points and 2 boards shooting 52% from the field and 33% from downtown(1 attempt/g).
Then you've got a bunch of guys(6-6 wing Matt Humphrey, 6-7 forward Keaton Miles, 6-10 forward Kevin Noreen) who play 15 minutes/game without contributing much in the way of statistics. Well, Noreen did combine with center Aaric Murray to carry West Virginia past Virginia Tech shooting a combined 12-20 for 29 points and 19 rebounds, but that was a bit of an anomaly.
So what does this all mean for Michigan? Well, as a general rule West Virginia doesn't shoot the ball very well. They don't turn over the ball a ton. Surprisingly they rebound at a decent rate despite their "two bigs and 3 hobbits"
rotations. I think West Virginia is going to keep the score within 13-14 points throughout, with Michigan slipping a bit while trying to kill the clock. Eventually they'll put it together and get Beilein the win against his old school.
I've got 75-69 Michigan. Go Blue!


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Aug. 22, 2002
Click Here to read Courtney Cushing's journal entry for August 21.
The sun on this crisp August morning pierced through my fifth floor window, disturbing my peaceful slumber at around 6:30 a.m. It beckoned me to throw aside the shades, gulp in a lung full of Italian air, and peer out at the "bellisimo" (beautiful) Lake Como. "YEESSS!!!" I exclaimed, "Im still dreaming..." for nothing could be this surreal, remarkable, breathtaking as the view that lie before me. But wait...I wasn't dreaming, because before I could turn away from my open window, the overwhelming scent of freshly baked "pane" (ya know, bread) struck first my left and then my right nostril! My guess is the local baker just opened his shop to his Thursday customer. Oh I wish I could write on and on about our August 22 experience here in the land of lovely, luscious, scenery, smelly folk, oh and can't forget the virtous VINO! but it would make you all way too jealous so I'll just sum it up for y'all.
10:00 -- ventured our last outing in little town of Como (tears shed) quick little shopping spree...shoes galore!
11:30 -- Relaxing "autobus" ride in our neon green "discacciati" to wonderful Milano.
2:30 -- lived up to the ideal American tourist stereotype with cameras flashing and eyes gawking over every little insignificant thing about the city of Milan. While in the center of Milan, saw a gigantico church called the Duomo. Also took in the latest Italian fashion. I'll just mention the men. TIGHT and I mean tight pants with red, green, blue shoes and any shirt that completely clashed with the choice of "lescarpe".
Now in the hotel Catalina in the boonies... we hung out with some locals having a "fiesta" in the country and they were enthralled with us California girls!


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Striped Grasper
I called it a Cooper's Hawk when it first burst out of the hedgerow at Butner Gamelands in the northeast part of Durham County. It looked big and shouldery, and the front edge of the wings seemed to be a straight line. I snapped a few photos and marked it as such on my notepad before turning once again to the clocks of sparrows foraging in the weedy fields nearby. I should have known I botched the call, as I've been in something of a bird ID funk lately, but it wasn't until I got home and put the photos up on my computer that I realized it was a pretty obvious Sharp-shinned Hawk. Or, at least, as obvious as the two classically difficult species get.
Accipiter striatus is the smallest of the three species of bird hawks found in North America, and in North Carolina it's definitely the middle child when it comes to regularity of its cogeners. Cooper's Hawks are everywhere anymore, and Northern Goshawk is a banner bird this far south, but still it seems that I see far fewer Sharpies than I used to, such that I don't typically expect them anymore. Maybe that had something to do with my brutal ID yawner.
This almost certainly was a female bird, one of those tweeners that can be difficult as they overlap with small male Cooper's Hawks. But the tiny bill was fairly obvious once the photos were thrown up on my compute,r and more, the apparent rounded tip to the tail appeared to be a function of some tail molt. So it goes.
The day Accipiters become easy is the day I stop learning.
November 7, 2012 11:24 am
Looks like a big Sharpie girl who had breakfast not too long ago.
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The most popular horrible columns of 2010
2. Halloween costumes that shouldn't exist
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4. Facebook likes to 'unlike' your privacy
5. The best toys you should never give
6. Social media here to stay (call the cops)
7. What's the fracking problem?
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9. Four Loko ban bad for horrid hangovers
10. 'Tis the season for the War on Christmas
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Have you met SUPER E??? {CVCe Words}
19 comments:
I love Super e! So cute.ReplyDelete
Super cute :-)ReplyDelete
It would be so much fun to make all of the kids capes during this unit wouldn't it?!?! oooo...and maybe masks and everything... yikes! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
What a fun idea!! Comments like these cost me $$$... ;)Delete
I bought this unit a while back and love it! I'll be starting silent e in a couple weeks. Thanks for a great product! And I'm loving this video! My kids will go crazy for this. :)ReplyDelete
Sarah's First Grade Snippets
This is so great. We cringe when we start long vowels because our lil peanuts who are already struggling with short now have Bossy E to deal with. Kinda lovin the 'Super' spin because he magically changes the words and isn't a nasty lil bossy thang :)ReplyDelete
Fluttering Through First Grade
My kiddos call him sneaky e, but you're super e is adorable! I love that video. Thanks for sharing! :)ReplyDelete
I bought this lesson last year and I love it! My students love it too! It's a great way to help them remember the rule. They also love that youtube clip as well. Thanks for your great ideas!ReplyDelete
I used the Mark D. Pencil video last year, and my students were singing the song for the rest of the year! I looooooove that you have a pack (and especially that little guy they can make!) that matches so perfectly! It will be great for my kinides in a couple of months!ReplyDelete
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Jill, my kids are always singing the song, too! It's too funny! :)Delete
I have to say, I bought this unit from you a couple of weeks ago and we are working our way through it in my grade 1 classroom, and the kids love it!!!! I can't believe how much they are eating it up! Even my students who struggle with reading, are grasping the concept. My principal came in to do an observation on one of these lessons, and she was blown away! I do love your products. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for telling me about this!! Comments like this keep me motivated!Delete
I just introduced silent e or "super e" to my small groups. I can't wait to do their project with my students.ReplyDelete
Darling Little Learners
I teach silent E with your Super E packet. I got it when you first made it. My students and I both love it!!! Hadn't seen the vid will definitely show it when we review Super E. Although my kids combine Super E with Silent E and sometimes call him... Super Secret Agent Silent E. His human persona, like a Clark Kent, is a Secret Agent or spy, I lose track of what he is now. LOL Kids, got to love him.ReplyDelete
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Well I am the teacher husband.. This activity is emazing!ReplyDelete
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Oh yay, can't wait to use this. It is "pinned" and ready as soon as we get to long vowels (very soon!) Thank you for the great resources to make Super "e" super fun!!!ReplyDelete
Fantastic Ideas :) Super e is so much more fun than Silent e!ReplyDelete
Literacy Without Worksheets
Ginny Dowd (Phonics Dance) has a chant that my second graders love... "Here comes Super Silent E! Say it long and say it strong!" It would go perfect with your unit!ReplyDelete
First, thanks for all of your wonderful ideas and sharing! I use CVC Tile Cards (TileCardFun.com) and after students complete them (in small group with me) we use whiteboards and convert them to CVCe words....we make real words and sometimes "nonsense" words....Students get a big kick out of this activity!ReplyDelete


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Sharat Somashekara: Healthy Food For All
Sharat Somashekara grew up sprouting beans, pickling lemons, and making chutneys as part of his family's healthy Indian food traditions. As he grew older, he noticed many Americans didn't eat as well as his family, and realized that many people eat poorly because they lack access to healthy, fresh, affordable food.
Today Somashekara works with the Philadelphia Horticultural Society, a community gardening initiative that specializes in sustainable food practices. He and his partner Lisa Mosca implemented City Harvest, a program that feeds 1,000 families a week from local gardening projects, and the Roots to Re-entry program, which places ex-offenders in landscaping jobs.
"We have to reorient people's understanding of food production and agriculture—show them that it doesn't have to be brutal work that ruins your body," says Somashekara."It can be fun, empowering, and educational."
- In Michigan, food stamps are worth double at farmers markets, which means more healthy food for low-income shoppers and more customers for local farmers.
Three provisions in the bill would make it more difficult to regulate the safety of genetically modified crops. Consumers fight back with a flurry of organizing.
The story of this seemingly ordinary chain of grocery stores suggests that collaboration with the community may be the key to success for businesses in struggling neighborhoods.


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BOFs (Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions) are informal sessions for people with common interests to talk and network.
Anyone is welcome to propose a BOF on topics of interest. All you need to do is register your interest in running it, giving some details on what you want to discuss and why people ought to attend. We'll help you refine the proposal, and allocate a time and room. The rest is up to you. Send mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
BOFs can be proposed at any time up to and during the conference, but earlier is better.
BOFs will probably run in the evenings.
You might like to look for inspiration at the FIXIT/BOF sessions at Adelaide, or the BOF list for the Linux Symposium this year.


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This thing on Facebook…
Rodney Nelson says
I had a cat like that. I once watched her muscle my favorite tea mug off the bookshelf she wanted to lie on. Naturally the mug broke.
Ophelia Benson says
All cats are like that.
Improbable Joe says
Seems exactly right. I have a cat who gets a wild hair every so often to knock everything off of my desk, and the other cats managed to throw my laptop on the floor last night.
xmaseveeve says
Bengals are worst. I took my friend a kitten, and that kitten (Angus) immediately jumped up and strolled along a high shelf, knocking off each in turn of a valuable collection of hand-painted plates featuring native American chiefs. My friend was almost juggling, catching each plate. He still adores that cat.
Angus also attacked a nasty man from the Council. Ambushed him when he went for a pee, waited crouched in bathroom sink! Man never came back. My Bengal's called Salem. I don't have a cup with a handle, or an uncracked plate. Why do we do it?
F says
Cats: Everything is in their way, they are in everyone's way. It all balances out. </cat math>
dgrasett says
You can have a cat, or you can have fancy plates. Pick one. By the way, the cat can be cuddled.
Didaktylos says
@#6: if it wants to be – and when it wants to be it had better be cuddled …
Marlon says
A few years ago a friend who was an avid chess player had five or six beautiful sets set up on shelves in his den. He told me he was thinking of getting a cat. I supported the idea but told him we first had to have a little talk. One glass-front display cabinet and one mustachioed tuxedo kitteh later, everyone was happy.
Richard Smith says
Rule of cat toys:
Everything on the floor is a cat toy.
Corollary of rule of cat toys:
Everything can be knocked onto the floor.
Any horizontal surface constitutes "the floor."
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Lotus gets a virtual IP PBX
System-i mini runs IP PBX as a virtual Linux machine
3Com and IBM have pulled together a converged set of IP telephony, email, messaging, and business apps, all running on IBM's System-i – the AS400, as it used to be called.
The duo say it allows Lotus Sametime users to make voice calls by clicking on IM contacts, for example.
"The significant bit is it's all on one platform – other suppliers would need extra servers," 3Com voice marketeer Mike Valiant said.
He said the 3Com software, including SIP-based IP PBX, conferencing and contact centre apps, and unified messaging, all runs in a Linux virtual machine hosted by the System-i's i5/OS operating system. It then links into IBM's Lotus Domino and Sametime apps, creating what IBM calls the System-i Integrated Collaboration solution.
"A lot of the target customers for this already run multiple apps on the System-i, and this is just another app they can run. You still need phones and gateways to the PSTN of course, but those can be installed anywhere," Valiant said.
The software had to be ported to the System-i's Power-5 processor, but the ability to run it in a Linux partition made that process a whole lot easier than if it had been ported to native i5/OS, he said.
"We are the only vendor that has ported IP telephony to the System-i. It runs in a Linux partition, but it is managed under i5/OS and most of its resources are virtual, so it is easier to manage than a separate system."
System-i software developers can also build IP telephony and collaboration into other applications via 3Com's SDK, the two companies said. One that's already doing so is IBM business partner Triangle, which is using it to add IP telephony to the call centre at Scottish legal services firm Scott & Co.
"We considered Windows-based IP telephony, but we would have required at least 16 stand-alone servers to support the entire suite reliably," said David Lyall, CIO for Scott & Co. "We chose the System-i Integrated Collaboration solution instead because System-i is inherently more robust, fully integrated, and has a much higher return on investment compared to Windows servers, so we expect to lower our costs considerably."
IBM said the Integrated Collaboration suite costs from $500 (£260) per server – and per Lotus application to be integrated. That looks like a bargain, but in order to run it you also need the System-i IP Telephony Express software, and that starts at $37,900 (£19,300). ®


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Tenner & Associates To Reveal New Budget Optimization Strategy At iGaming North America Conference Feb. 19th
Feb 11, 2013, 04:00 EST
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Planet Hollywood's Celebrity Ballroom 4 will be transformed at 1 p.m. on February 19th into a Boot Camp for Marketing Execs who have been wrestling with the complexities of blending budgets for on-line gaming initiatives with their bricks and mortar events.
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The new formula for maximizing results and minimizing budget dilemmas is called "Collapsing Windows." This innovative concept merges the consolidation of budgets, the convergence of two gaming worlds with a vertically and horizontally integrated plan that should revolutionize their marketing efforts and bring together these formerly disparate revenue streams.
Lisa Tenner, President of Tenner & Associates is the Panel Moderator and Facilitator. Joining her is an esteemed panel of experts including Joe Versaci, CMO, Ultimate Gaming; Rob Rosette, Founder, Rosette, LLP; and Katherine Spilde, Associate Professor, Hospitality School, SDSU. Once the formula/strategy has been outlined and discussed, the boot camp session will become highly interactive with audience members interfacing with the panelists, working through different scenarios.
"This program has been designed to deliver meaningful "take-home value" to our attendees and provide a refreshing solution to manage their budgeting," commented Tenner. "We can't wait to share this amazing new idea with our peers."
For more information regarding the iGaming North America 2013 Conference, please visit www.igamingnorthamerica.com.
Lisa Tenner, founder of Tenner and Associates, Inc., a Las Vegas based branding and marketing company, focuses on talent-building and brand marketing skills in the corporate world. Recently named a visionary in both entertainment and gaming by Global Gaming Magazine, Ms. Tenner was also awarded "Event Pro" by her peers in the Live Event performance arena. She is the recipient of the Nevada Governor's Tourism Award and takes pride in having created "The Queens of Heart", as the charitable arm for the Ladies Event during the World Series of Poker. Her accomplishments include the creation and production of Emerging Artists and Technology in Music, which launched the careers of many unsigned artists to major labels. Tenner clients have included poker legend Phil Hellmuth, Jeep, Party Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, VH1, Card Player Cruises, Hard Rock Hotel, Elle Magazine, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas and Global Gaming Expo. Recently the American Gaming Association appointed Ms. Tenner to the Advisory Board for their Table Games track. Ms. Tenner is also the co-founder of www.pokergives.org. For more information, visit www.tennerandassoc.com or call (702) 496-3286.
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Linked by Hadrien Grasland on Tue 11th Jan 2011 13:40 UTC
Nowadays smartphones, tablets and desktop/laptop computers are all siblings. They use the same UI paradigms and follow the same idea of a programmable and flexible machine that's available to everyone. Only their hardware feature set and form factor differentiate them from each other. In this context, does it still make sense to consider them as separate devices as far as software development is concerned? Wouldn't it be a much better idea to consider them as multiple variations of the same concept, and release a unified software platform which spreads across all of them? This article aims at describing what has been done in this area already, and what's left to do.


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My dear aunt, who was also my godmother, would regale me with gifts on my birthday. They filled a young lad's heart with genuine appreciation. My two younger brothers, however, complained to my father that they were being left out. Although they did not have in their verbal arsenal such words as "discrimination" and "inequality," they made a persuasive case. My father then told his sister that she should treat his sons alike and buy presents for all or for none. She complied and chose the latter option.
I do not relate this incident with any bitterness or suggest that my father did not have his heart in the right place. He was moved by the desire to establish equality and eliminate discrimination. I respectfully thought his decision was not in the best interest of fairness. Actually, I am grateful for this experience for it provides me with a clear example of how it is possible to solve certain problems of inequality and discrimination while retaining the more important factor of injustice. One can be unjust to everyone without breaking the rules of discrimination and equality.
This incident was brought to the surface recently when I read a United Kingdom report titled, "Parliamentary Inquiry into Abortion on the Grounds of Disability (July 17, 2013)." The Abortion Act of 1967 allowed abortion up to 24 weeks for what the report referred to as "able-bodied babies," but up to 40 weeks for "disabled-bodied babies"(Section 1(1)(d)). The passing of the Equality Act in 2010 gave added focus. The report dealt with the twin issues of discrimination and equality.
Its recommendation reads as follows: "Parliament should consider at the very least the two main options for removing those elements which a majority of witnesses believe are discriminatory — that is reducing the upper limit for abortions on the grounds of disability from birth to make it equal to the upper limit for able bodied babies or repealing Section 1(1)(d) altogether."
If Parliament accepted the first option, equality of treatment would be achieved for both the able-bodied and the disabled-bodied babies. Furthermore, discrimination against the disabled-bodied babies for that additional period of 14 weeks would be removed. Yet the injustice done to any of the babies through abortion would persist. Yet, if disability is the reason for aborting a child within the 24-week limit, the discrimination factor remains. One can hardly argue that aborting a 25-week old unborn child because it is disabled is discrimination, whereas aborting a 23-week old unborn child for the same reason is not discrimination.
If Parliament adopts the second option, it can still establish equality and remove a particular element of discrimination, but without tending to the more important issue of injustice for the unborn. By ignoring the underlying and basic issue of justice, the notion of unjust discrimination and treating people with equal injustice is never considered.
Those who drafted the report may pride themselves in thinking that they are working to end discrimination and inequality. But if they do, they are entertaining an illusion. Discrimination and inequality are pernicious only when they violate justice.
The weakness of the report is one that is widespread in today's society. It serves as an object lesson for those who think that they can put justice aside and still build a world where discrimination and inequality no longer operate. Their concerns should be the eradication of unjust discrimination and unjust inequality. Justice is the irremovable building block for a better society. Its position of priority cannot be compromised.
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Monty from Xiph.org Foundation, the people behind Theora and Vorbis, have announced their support for Google's WebM container format. "The Xiph.Org Foundation is pleased to announce its support of the WebM open media project as a project launch partner. As announced earlier today at the Google I/O Developer Conference, the WebM format combines the VP8 video codec, the Matroska container, and the Vorbis audio codec developed by Xiph into a high-quality, open, unencumbered format for video delivery on the Web. Xiph will continue to contribute to WebM as a whole and collaborate in its further development and deployment." Remember, people, without the hard work from the boys and girls at Xiph, Google would not have been able to do this.


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It's through Twitter that I got the contact with Pete Wright (@PeteWright). As he uses Evernote intensively in his job as a photographer I thought it would make an interesting use case to share.
In the interview he shares how he uses Evernote to scout for locations to take photos for his clients and how Evernote is part of his workflow.
You can check Pete's wonderful photos on his superb web site: rashpixel.com
Here's a pic I took from his website:
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My husband loves peanuts. Seriously. He buys them in the shell, and cracks them several times a week
In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. NOTE: Using a candy thermometer, I waited until the hot liquid reached 250F, before adding the peanuts. Reviews suggested this, so that I didn't risk burning the peanuts. Stir in peanuts.
here. The original recipes called for one cup of peanuts, but I used two cups--and I'm glad that I did! I also added vanilla, and that was perfect, too. Honestly, this brittle was as good (if not better) than the one I bought at that candy store. I was surprised at how easy it is to make, and I can see making these as Christmas gifts. CLEANUP: I found that, once my pot had cooled, that simply soaking it with water dissolved the leftover candy and the pot was as good as new. The silpat mat also made cleanup a breeze. If you don't have one, I definitely suggest foil wrapping a baking sheet, and grease it very well!
A printable recipe card is at the end of this post.
Oh, tomorrow morning we're off on a road trip, for a few days, to our timeshare in the Napa-Sonoma area for Fall Break. See what I mean? Working for a school district has it's perks-- and trust me, I'm very thankful.


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Cropchat's sources are available on GitHub . Git history follows the tutorial steps.
To learn more about ngrok, you can read Matthieu Auger's article:
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Now that we have a proper base we are going to start building CropChat features. CropChat has three views:
Create a view with following skeleton:
Same for view:
Same for view:
Finally, update routing file :
Remove unused Hello.vue view too. You should see the changes impacting your mobile app directly (Hot reload is great, isn't it?)
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easily and lightly on your web application.
You can find an exhaustive documentation here: Get MDL.io
Update CropChat dependencies:
Update component to import MDL style and load MDL module:
Update main component template section:
Because Material Design Lite is not designed specifically to build Single Page Application, we need to hide the burger menu when user clicks on a menu link:
We are not yet connected to a backend server. We are going to use fake data as of now.
Create a file:
Import data in script section and link pictures to their corresponding DetailView:
Update template and style:
Proceed to the same enhancements on :
We are done, CropChat is up!
Code source available on this GitHub repository:
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I hope I have convinced you of the capabilities of VueJS and Webpack to create a web application with very little effort. To sum things up:
However, CropChat is not yet a Progressive Web Application: let's have a look to the PWA requirements checklist:
Half of the requirements are not yet met. These are the objectives of the next parts.
You can now switch to Part II that focuses on providing fast and fresh data for our CropChat application.
For those who are in Paris, I am co-organizing a Progressive Web App MeetUp . Do not hesitate to come and say 'Hi!'.
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ROCKLEDGE, FL — Cardiovascular specialist Khalid Sheikh, MD, with Health First Medical Group, has been invited to present his research at the 2013 International Cardiology Symposium in Dubai (located in the United Arab Emirates). The Symposium will be held May 16-18 and will include speakers from all over the world. Dr. Sheikh will present on "A personalized care approach is superior to usual care for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease events in a managed care environment."
The scientific program is supported by various national and international societies-including the Emirates Cardiac Society, the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology. The symposium is co-sponsored by the International Society of Atherosclerosis (IAS). The event will cover topics on diabetes, coronary artery diseases, interventions, heart failure and hypertension. It will highlight all areas of cardiology and will focus on everyday clinical practice.
Dr. Sheikh is board certified in Echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography. Earning his medical degree from University of Florida in Gainesville, Dr. Sheikh served an internship and residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver. A diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), he is board-certified by ABIM in Cardiovascular Diseases and is also a certified lipid specialist. Dr. Sheikh's special focuses include invasive cardiology; consultative cardiology; echocardiography; adult congenital heart disease; preventative cardiology; and clinical research trials.
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If you enjoy making your own woodworking tools, as I do, here's a good-quality marking knife you can create from a humble used-up spade bit and a small scrap of wood.
To make the knife, begin by grinding a 3⁄4″ spade bit to a V-shaped tip as shown, then grind the bevels on one face of the bit. When grinding, quench the metal occasionally in water or oil to prevent bluing it and drawing the temper. Then hone the bevels and opposite face of the bit to a mirror polish on sharpening stones. Then use a hacksaw to cut the round shank about 2″ long.
To make the handle, first cut a piece of stock to about 5⁄8″ x 1″ x 5″. (Here's a chance to use some of that exotic scrap you've been hoarding.) Drill a 2″-deep hole into one end, then shape the handle for a smooth, comfortable feel. Epoxy the shank into the handle and you're done – you've got a beautiful, functional marking knife that probably will outlive you.
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You will learn
How to create a simple
xsodata service.
By Craig Cmehil
In this tutorial you willenable XSODATA in the SAP HANA XSC application you just created.
How to create a simple
xsodata service.
Now that you have a table with data in it, you need to be able to access the data and for that you will need to create and
.xsodata file which defines an OData service. To start create a new sub package for your services.
Next create a new file
library.xsodata and add the following code to it, the file name itself is only important in the sense that it is part of the URL when it is called most important though is that the ending of the file is
service namespace "codejam.services" {
"codejam.data::mydata.Book" as "library";
At this point you should be able to launch your XSODATA file in your browser or right click and choose the
OData Explorer to view and see the data from your table.
Congratulations: You have just enabled a simple REST interface for your application.
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Gerard Butler to Jennifer Aniston: Happy Birthday!
Jennifer Aniston celebrates her 41st birthday with her Bounty Hunter co-star (and close pal) Gerard Butler in an exclusive beachside villa in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Saturday (February 6).
Gerry arrived a few of days after the other guests but they all celebrated Jen's birthday at Aquos restaurant, which is part of the luxurious One & Only Palmilla Resort.
The twosome was seen scoping out paparazzi with binoculars and a telescope alongside pals Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Sheryl Crowe.
20+ pictures inside of Gerard Butler celebrating Jen Aniston's 41st birthday…